Comments on: Eau de Vie of Douglas fir http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/ Quenching your thirst with sips, nips and tipples. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: The Cocktail Chronicles » MxMo XXX: And everything smelled of vinegar…. http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-163965 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:47:45 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-163965 [...] But what do you expect? The theme for this month’s Mixology Monday is “Local Flavor,” (selected by our host this month, Kevin at Save the Drinkers), and it’s the Pacific Northwest in late summer. Short of distilling down a Douglas fir — oh, wait, that’s been done — if you need a local ingredient around here, you need look no further than the blackberry. (Of course, I could have turned to other ingredients evocative of Seattle, but a drink mixed with over-roasted coffee and hyper-hopped beer with a muddled chunk of smoked salmon just ain’t in my future. Sure, it’ll be on some promo menu at Bite of Seattle or something, but not here.) [...] […] But what do you expect? The theme for this month’s Mixology Monday is “Local Flavor,” (selected by our host this month, Kevin at Save the Drinkers), and it’s the Pacific Northwest in late summer. Short of distilling down a Douglas fir — oh, wait, that’s been done — if you need a local ingredient around here, you need look no further than the blackberry. (Of course, I could have turned to other ingredients evocative of Seattle, but a drink mixed with over-roasted coffee and hyper-hopped beer with a muddled chunk of smoked salmon just ain’t in my future. Sure, it’ll be on some promo menu at Bite of Seattle or something, but not here.) […]

]]> by: Robert Hess http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72797 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:02:25 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72797 ...and when isn't a drink at the Pegu Club delightful? :-> -Robert …and when isn’t a drink at the Pegu Club delightful? :->

-Robert

]]> by: Rick http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72669 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:13:42 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72669 I had a great drink at the Pegu Club that contained yellow Chartreuse, grapefruit syrup, gin, and douglas fir Eau de Vie. I can't recall the name, but the drink was delightful. I had a great drink at the Pegu Club that contained yellow Chartreuse, grapefruit syrup, gin, and douglas fir Eau de Vie. I can’t recall the name, but the drink was delightful.

]]> by: Vidiot http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72488 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:01:09 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72488 Yeah, my génépi is a liqueur rather than an eau-de-vie, so that plus the St-Germain would be <i>way</i> too much sweetness. Brandy's a really good idea for a base spirit, though; I'd been thinking about doing something with the génépi and gin, but thought that that combination might be over the top. (Maybe I should mix the Clear Creek, some Junipero, and some génépi, and call it a Pine Bomb. It'd be like swigging bathroom cleanser.) Yeah, my génépi is a liqueur rather than an eau-de-vie, so that plus the St-Germain would be way too much sweetness. Brandy’s a really good idea for a base spirit, though; I’d been thinking about doing something with the génépi and gin, but thought that that combination might be over the top. (Maybe I should mix the Clear Creek, some Junipero, and some génépi, and call it a Pine Bomb. It’d be like swigging bathroom cleanser.)

]]> by: Robert Hess http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72462 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:09:53 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72462 There is only a touch of sweetness to Clear Creeks offering, so if your génépi is a sweet liqueur, then it might be too sweet to use in this drink. If it is sweet, then perhaps you could us it in place of the St-Germain, and use brandy in place of the Eau de Vie of Douglas fir. If that seems to work well, then perhaps switch in gin to see if that doesn't go "too" overboard. -Robert There is only a touch of sweetness to Clear Creeks offering, so if your génépi is a sweet liqueur, then it might be too sweet to use in this drink. If it is sweet, then perhaps you could us it in place of the St-Germain, and use brandy in place of the Eau de Vie of Douglas fir. If that seems to work well, then perhaps switch in gin to see if that doesn’t go “too” overboard.

-Robert

]]> by: Vidiot http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72371 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:57:33 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2008/01/05/eau-de-vie-of-douglas-fir/#comment-72371 Sounds intriguing...I may have to get my hands on a bottle. I've been enjoying a bottle of génépi, a juniper liqueur I picked up in the French Alps a couple months ago. When I get a chance, I look forward to trying it in cocktails, but so far I've just sipped it as a cordial. Sounds intriguing…I may have to get my hands on a bottle.

I’ve been enjoying a bottle of génépi, a juniper liqueur I picked up in the French Alps a couple months ago. When I get a chance, I look forward to trying it in cocktails, but so far I’ve just sipped it as a cordial.

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